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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1965
Page
11
Weather was the only potential drawback to an 8 37 a.m. Cape Kennedy launch for Gemini 6 in a planned rendezvous with Gemini 7. Fog could affect the liftoff while officials said the countdown moved smoothly toward launch day.
In Winchester district 21, Republican J Kenneth Robinson won a commanding victory over Democrat Joseph A Massie Jr to fill the seat vacated by Harry F Byrd Jr. The near complete returns showed Robinson leading Massie about two to one, with 10 293 to 4 949 votes across Winchester Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Loudoun counties.
Across the nation shoppers are buying luxury items from color televisions to Raggedy Ann dolls as holiday sales rise. The National Retail Merchants Association predicts total sales of 2.9 to 3.2 billion dollars, up about 10 percent from 1964. A nationwide AP survey finds strong demand for luxury merchandise due to high employment, tax changes, and good weather, with color TVs scarce in several major cities.
Viet Cong terrorists attacked two Saigon police stations and a Khanh Hoi outpost near Nha Be oil storage, killing two policemen and one attacker as explosions rocked the city. Far north, U S jets hit Viet Cong routes near Da Nang while a large search continues.
Paris AP Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned NATO's fate may hinge on battles in South Vietnam. He said success there could push Communists to similar moves elsewhere and urged doctors and engineers to South Vietnam while avoiding direct military support. France challenged US nuclear sharing plans as NATO ministers met for year end talks.
AP reports the Gemini 6 schedule from Cape Kennedy through to a rendezvous near the Mariana Islands. Timings cover launch at 8:37 a.m., successive thruster firings, orbit adjustments, and the 2:34 p.m. to 3:04 p.m. fly around, culminating in a 8:35 p.m. separation after six hours of rendezvous.
Victor Kermit Tyree 25 of Rocky Mount was killed when a Franklin County Volunteer Fire Company truck ran off Virginia 834 and overturned en route to a store fire at Mack Cundiff Store in Scruggs. Another volunteer, John Thomas Brooks 50 of Union Hall, was hospitalized with a possible shoulder injury. Damages were estimated above 10000 dollars amid two state fatalities that day, raising the 1965 toll to 996.
New York Supreme Court Justice Maurice Wahl awarded Mrs Esther James a total 575000 in punitive and 75000 in compensatory damages against Rep Adam Clayton Powell for a 1960 TV libel. The judge cited Powell s transfer of 50269 in Puerto Rican property to his wife s relatives in 1963.
Virginia Governor Harrison said his final budget to the General Assembly will include substantial new funds for counties and cities while sidestepping a sales tax question. He departs office Jan 15 and predicts a healthy state surplus, with focus on education, industry, and water resources.
President Johnson proposed to Pakistan President Ayub Khan that a U S team of medical teachers and scientists go to Pakistan to aid health training and rural public health. The leaders discussed Kashmir and Vietnam during Ayub’s two day visit. Ayub urged U S support for settling the Kashmir dispute and praised Johnson’s frank talks. The White House dinner featured full red carpet treatment and 21 gun salute.
Congress and the Federal Reserve clashed over rising interest rates as Chairman Wright Patman urged the Fed to rescind its dual actions raising the discount rate and time deposit ceilings. He warned higher rates threaten savings and loans, while Rep. Curtis dismissed Patman’s view as nonsense. The dispute underscored partisan tensions in the hearings and questions about administration participation.
The report shows Wednesday cloudy conditions with some rain in the Virginia portion spreading east and north. Mountain highs reach 46 to 50, with possible wet snow in the southeast mountains at night. In North Carolina, mostly cloudy with scattered light rain or drizzle Wednesday and Thursday, highs 45 to 55 in mountains and 53 to 65 elsewhere.
Downtown weather log records Tuesday evening readings with temperatures of 50 at 7 p.m. and 46 at 9 p.m. Gusty SE and W winds noted. The 24 hour low is 42 at 3 a.m., high 53, precipitation none.
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